[OSGeo-Discuss] Membership process & email

[Jody Garnett]

The other point in favour of email is the discussion aspect, with the board
only reviewing -1 votes we are relying our the discussion list to review
candidates.

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Jody Garnett

On 8 September 2017 at 07:36, Jorge Sanz <jsanz at osgeo.org> wrote:

> Agree, I don't think I'd like a nomination period + election being carried
> on with some editings in the wiki and a silent mailing list except by some
> announcements.
>
> On the other hand, answering with a +1 on a mailing list is quick and easy
> (and annoying if you don't use filters on your email).
>
> The off list option, like adding a comment on the wiki, (IMO) would be
> followed by fewer people and read by even fewer people. We are all lazy by
> nature, and an election process is not the most exciting activity we do.
>
> I agree the process can be improved, but when thinking about election
> procedures, as boring as they are, we need to put the reduction of
> participation barriers as a top priority if we want to reach the broadest
> audience, at least once per year.
>
> Anyway, I'm super happy to see such a big number of nominations, and I
> want to thank Vasile for the hard work and long hours he's dedicating to
> try to cup with such a demonstration of enthusiasm.
>
> My 2 cents
>
>
>
> On 8 September 2017 at 15:15, Volker Mische <volker.mische at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think it's valuable to have the nominations being sent to the discuss
>> list, but I agree that seconding them should be off list.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Volker
>>
>>
>> On 09/08/2017 01:01 PM, brandon whitehead wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > A potentially trivial change would be to keep the process the same, but
>> > run through the wiki---i.e. use a wiki page as the venue for nominators
>> > to log in and update/edit.  Freeze the page after a certain date, and
>> > now there's an archived copy of the process.  Anyone interested in
>> > real-time updates can simply log in and "follow" the page, others can
>> > visit the page and check the results as they see fit.
>> >
>> > Note, this is conceptually the same process for nomination and voting,
>> > but it is collated via the wiki instead of email.  This also doesn't
>> > involve additional work to create an automated system.
>> >
>> > just a few thoughts from an interested lurker...
>> > /Brandon
>> >
>> > On 08/09/2017 11:34, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> There was a discussion with the CROs at yesterday's board meeting, and
>> a
>> >> proposal to use an automated system for nominations came up.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Angelos
>> >>
>> >> On 09/08/2017 01:01 PM, Till Adams wrote:
>> >>> Jeroen,
>> >>>
>> >>> good motion! I feel the same and honestly am not able to read and
>> check
>> >>> them all...
>> >>>
>> >>> Till
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Am 08.09.2017 um 11:54 schrieb Jeroen Ticheler:
>> >>>> Hi all,
>> >>>> It is great to see the OSGeo community being so active and expanding!
>> >>>> The process of proposing and voting new members is an extremely
>> >>>> valuable part of that!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The downside is that email traffic is exploding around this election.
>> >>>> I fear the election processes in the coming years already. Should we
>> >>>> find another way so propose and second nominees in the future to
>> >>>> avoid flooding everyones inbox? (For me these emails seem to make up
>> >>>> for about half of my email traffic over the last weeks ;-( ).
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Cheers,
>> >>>> Jeroen
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